Elephants Are First Wild Animals to Understand Pointing

We already know that chimpanzes will beat us at memory games so can elephants now beat us at pointing? A new study of African elephants showed they understand what it means when humans point, something even wild chimps struggle with. Oh did you know that elephants also return to the place of death of their loved ones? And they are also said to be able to cry. But that’s just speculation.

Elephant family reunion

There are hundreds of elephants in the park and I wonder, from that distance, how the baby recognized the father? The older sibling joins in.